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H. REIGHWEIN. SPRING HINGE.

No. 495,370. Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN REICHVEIN, OF VILLA PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOFRANCIS KEIL 85 SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPRING- HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,370, dated April11, 1893. Application filed May 25, 1892. Serial No. 434,250. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it 7nay concern..-

Be it known that I, HERMAN REICHWEIN, of

Villa Park, in the county of Monmouth and.

State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Double-ActingHinge, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in double-acting hinges, and hasfor its object to simplify theconstruction of such devices, and toprovide a hinge consisting of but few parts which will be perfect in itsaction, durable, and capable of expeditious and convenient application.7

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the hinge, the hingebeing shown as applied to a door and the door jamb, the door being inits closed position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hinge, onesection being carried at a right angle to the other, in which positionof the hinge the door is open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section takenpractically on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section takenpractically on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a central verticalsection through a gate hinge illustrating the application of the hinge,the gate being in its closed position. Fig. 6 is a front elevation ofthe gate hinge, one of its sections being carried at an angle to theother, which throws the gate to an open position; and Fig. 7 is a detailview of the connecting or pintle pin of the hinge, which pin likewiseserves as the fulcrum upon which the gate turns.

The hinge consists primarily of two sections A and B and a pintle 0,connecting the two sections. The section A, is adapted to be attached tothe door, while the section B, is to be secured to the door frame. Theouter face of each section is preferably made somewhat cylindrical,while the inner facesof the sections are more or less flat. The sectionA,

vthe two sections.

which is to be secured to the door, is provided with a longitudinalrecess 10 in its inner or rear face. This recess is located at thecenter of the section, and the section is further provided with an upperand alower transverse opening designated as 11 and 12, which openingsextend through into the recess 10.

The end walls of the openings 11 and 12 of the section A, are beveledfrom the back outward in opposite directions; and transversely upon thecentral portion of the outer or cylindrical face of said section A, aseries of spurs or teeth 13, is produced, as is best shown in Figs. 2, 3and 4.

The section B, is provided with two. transverse openings 14 and 15,adapted to register with the openings 11 and 12 in the opposing section,as the openings 11 and 12, 14 and 15, are made at the same points in thesections. The section B, at its center, is provided also turescorrespond in number and location to the teeth or spurs 13 of thesection A, and as one section is rocked upon the other the teeth 13enter the apertures 16, and by this means the two sections are guided intheir movements one upon the other.

Upon the rear face of the section B a barrel 17, is formed, the barrelbeing located at the center of the section between the upper andloweropenings 14 and 15; and the upper and lower faces of the barrel arepreferably made flat. The said faces at the outer end or extremity ofthe barrel have longitudinal recesses formed therein, designated in thedrawings as 18 and 19. Within the barrel a spring 20, is contained,which spring may be of any approved character; preferably, however, itis a coil or spiral spring, as illustrated.-

The two sections are connected bya pintle 0, above referred to, and thispintle constitutes the fulcrum of the sections. This pintle is ofpeculiar construction, and embraces a head bar 21, which enters andturns in the recess 10 of the section A, and upper and lower arms 22 and23, which emanate from the head bar 21 and pass respectively through thealigned openings 11 and 14, and 12 and 15 of The arms 22 and 23, are

connected at their rear ends by a pin 24, and

this pin bears against the spring 20, and is capable of sliding movementin the recesses 18 and 19 of the barrel. Any approved form of tensiondevice may be applied to the spring 20, so that it may be permitted toexpand or may be contracted as desired.

The operation of this hinge is exceedingly simple, yet it is thoroughlypractical, and said operation is as follows: The section B IO containingthe barrel is fastened to the door frame D, the said frame having asocket D, produced therein to receive the barrel l7, and the arms of thepintle C,Workingover and in the barrel, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

[5 The attachment to the door frame having been made, it is very easy tosecure the section A of the hinge to the door D The door may now beopened in either direction, as the section A, will rock upon the pintleconnected with the stationary section B, while the pintle, as thesection A is carried inward or outward, will compress the spring 20, andwhen the door is released the spring acting upon the pintle willautomatically restore the sections of the hinge to theirnormal position,that is, with the central faces of the sections in positive engagement.It will be observed that the teeth or spurs 13, serve to prevent anyundue strain being brought upon the pin- 0 tie, and likewise serve toprevent any twisting movement on the part of the sections of the hinge.

In Figs. 5 6 and 7, I have illustrated a gate hinge constructed upon theprinciple of the 3 5 doorhinge above described. There is a slightdeparture in the shape of the sections and in the location of thesprings, the gate hinge consisting of two sections F and F, the sectionF, being adapted to be secured to a gate post F while the section F ,isadapted to be attached to the gate F Each section consists of a plate25, having formed at the central portion of its outer face a socket 26,the plate being provided With an opening in its back com- 5 municatingdirectly with the socket, and in the upper portion of the opening and ina portion of the top of the socketahorizontal groove or channel 26, isproduced. The plate and socket are reinforced upon their outer faces bya horizontal rib 27, and upon the plate of the section F, below the rib27, a horizontal step 28, is formed, this step being omitted in thesection F. In the bottom of each socket 26 a slot 29, is produced, andthis slot is in communication with an opening 30, made in the front ofthe plate, the opening 30 in the section F, being located between thestep 28 and the socket of that section, while the opening in the sectionF, extends vertically downward through the plate. Each socket contains aspring 31, which may have a tension device connected therewith; and thesaid springs are preferably provided, at least the spring in the sectionF, with a stop 32, as

shown in Fig. 5, the stop preventing the spring from escaping from thesocket. In connection with the two sections F and F an essentiallyU-shaped pintle G, is employed to pivotally connect the sections, thepintle comprising a head or body bar 33, and upwardly- 7o extendingmembers 34 and 35 located at the end of the body, as shown in Fig. 7.The member 34 passes up through the openings 30 and the slot 29 in thesection F, and engages with the spring 31 of said section at its back.The body section of the pintle extends beneath both of the hingesections, as islikewise shown in Fig. 5, and the member 35 of the pintlepasses up through the slot 29 and the opening in the section Fcorresponding to the opening 30 in the section F to a bearing againstthe inner end of the spring of the said section F, as shown best in Fig.5. It is evidentthat the section F connected with the gate may be liftedfrom the pintle G whenever it is desired and replaced upon the pintle.The outer face of the socket of the section F, has produced thereonhorizontally-arranged teeth or spurs 36, adapted to enter aperturescorrespondingly located in the outer face of the 0 socket of the sectionF, these teeth constituting guides for the sections. The operation ofthis hinge is identical with that of the door hinge, as one sectionrocks upon the other which is fulcrumed upon the pintle, and the membersof the pintle are springpressed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A spring hinge, comprising a stationary and aswinging section separate and independent of each other and the latterhaving a rocking movement upon the other at their inner faces, a pintlehaving two transversely connected vertical members mounted in therespective hinge sections, and a spring be tween one hinge section andits vertical pintle member, the said spring being mounted in a suitablebarrel or casing, substantially as set forth.

2. A spring hinge, comprising a stationary and a swinging sectionseparate and independent of each other and provided on their adjacentrounded sides with registering teeth I I5 and sockets respectively, apintle having two transversely connected vertical members mounted in therespective hinge sections, and a spring between one hinge section andits vertical pintle member, the said spring being mounted in a suitablebarrel or casing, sub stantially as set forth.

3. In a double-acting hinge, the combination, with a section adapted tobe attached to a door and provided with a recess in its inner face,openings leading into the recess, and a section adapted for attachmentto a door frame, having openings corresponding to the openings in thedoor section and provided with a barrel at its rear, of a spring locatedin the barrel, a pin having sliding movement in the barrel against thetension of the spring, and a pintle one portion of which is located inthe recess of the door section, the other IIO portions whereof extendthrough the openings 'in both sections and are connected with the pinsliding in the barrel, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a double-acting hinge, the combination, with a section adapted forattachment to a door and provided with a longitudinal recess in its rearface, transverse openings leading into said recess, and spurs or teethlocated upon its outer face, and an opposing section having rockingmovement upon the door section and adapted for attachment to the frame,the frame section being provided with transverse openings aligningthose'in the door section, and also provided with openings to receivethe teeth of the door section, and a barrel or socket formed upon itsinner face, of a spring located in the barrel or socket, a pin havingbearing against the spring and HERMAN REIOHVVEIN.

Witnesses:

E. M. CLARK, F. W. HANAFORD.

